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IIKARST’S SUNDAY AMERICAN, ATLANTA, GA., SUNDAY. MAY 11. 1013.
PRESENT FEELING
French Taking Much Quieter and
Forceful View of Happenings
on Frontier.
“ Anita Stewart” Lives in Splendor ARMOR TRUST IN
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American Girl Would Be a Queen
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Sensation of Venice at Present
WORLD THRIVES ON
BATTLE AND DEATH
Duchess of Vizeu, formerly Anita Stewart, »i Now York, who
hopes yet to be a queen.
GERMAN PAPERS EXCITED
President Poincaire and His
Cabinet Feel Confident They
Can Prevent Trouble.
By GEORGE DUFRESNE.
Special Cable to. The American.
PARIS, May 10.—The two frontier
Incidents at Luneville and Nancy
**hich were so cleverly taken advan
tage of by certain elements in Ger
many, quite close to the government,
*n order to stir up the lagging en
thusiasm for the army and navy ex
penditures, seem to have purified the
air and there is no tinge of dishar
mony between the two nations.
That this ts so is particularly duo
tr- the tactful and dignified and at
fhe wame time firm conduct of the*
French Government and as long, at
least, as the present cabinet remains
in power everyone agrees that Prea-
fcjent Poincaire may very well say
“l'Etat e’est moi,” for he Is beyond
a doubt head and shoulders above
any of his present ministers, who
willingly bow to his opinions.
Proportional Strength.
To the carefu] observer, the two
ifluidents mentioned very plainly
*(how the proportional strength of
the two countries. Germany, which
has* a keen feeling that hYaneo is
the stronger, at least, temporarily,
grow nervous and excited, while
France, in the most calm and un
concerned manner, disposed of the
two accidents in accordance with
the knowledge of her superior
strength. At Luncville sho -‘d what
anybody would have done In her po
sition, she treated the German of
ficers on board the Zeppelin with the
utmost politeness, and simply asked
them to give their word of honor
that they had taken no photographs
while passing above French frontier
fortiflcaiions, while at the same time
She used her opportunity of examin
ing every detail of the “554” which hud j
fallen into her hands.
At Nancy, where excited French- ;
men to a certain extent were t*>
blame, she felt strong enough to a
mit »he had been at fault before any I
attempt of putting on pressure ori ,
the part of Germany.
The same course was followed by j
the French press, for while the papers J
of Germany lost their heads entire
ly, even a paper wit|i chauvinistic
tendency's like “Le Matin” wrote:
“French public opinion will not tol
erate A foreigner being molested on
French soil, merely because he is a
German.”
Had the conditions been the same
as >hen “Napoleon Petit” ruled
France and Prince Bismarck was all-
powerful in Germany we ehould not
have seen the two nations involved
In war.
Patriotism Strong.
In France, patriotism, especially in
the frontier towns, is very strong
and dramatists have added fuel to
the fire of hatred agaist Germany by
such stirring plays as ‘‘Frita le Uh
lan” and “Oaour de Francaise,” but
s»o sure 1s President Poincaire of
being able to keep down any^Jinti-
German outbursts that although the
Government at first intended to for
bid performances of the latter play
tn cities near the frontier the play
was permitted everywhere, thou gif
precautions were taken to prevent all
demonstrations in all towns where
they were apt to occyr.
The play “Caeur do Francaiee/* is
particularly dangerous It tells of
an old French servant who invents
something of the greatest importance
to the {national defense, ale has
shown kindness to a young man In
great distress and gives him the run
of the house. The man treacherous
ly takes advantage of the professor’s
absence to steal the plans and stran
gles the daughter who discovers him
In the act. She xs not dead, however,
and she swears revenge against the
German lieutenant and spy—for such
ho was, who had acted so base s
We find her afterwards acting as a
governess of a German general s fam
ily, obtaining possession of military
secrets, for which she is Condemned
to a fortress.
Duchess of Vizeu Has Hopes That Her Husband
Will Some Day Ascend to the
Throne of Portugal.
Spec .! Cable to The American.
1 KHUN, May 10.—Americans ar
riving in Berlin from Venice describe
in enthusiastic terms the splendor of
the retinue and surroundings of the
former Anita Stewart of New York,
who married Prince Miguel of Gra-
gonza, afterward made Duke of Vizeu,
the heir of thd Pretender to the
Portuguese throne.
"About the first thing I saw after
reaching Venice." said Mrs. Fraser of
New York, “was a gorgeous gondola
fitted up like one of the State gondo
las of ancient Venice, manned by a
retinue of servants stiff with gold
lace, a huge Portuguese flag trailing
the water astern and the most mag
nificent pair of gondoliers obtaina
ble- At first I supposed the ex-King
of Portugal must be paying a visit,
but on inquiry I learned that the
princess in the boat was the Duchess
of Vizeu. The spectacle reminded
me of nothing so much as the ima
ginative pictures of Cleopatra sailing
down the Nile to meet Mark Antony.”
The Duchess of Vizeu is the daugh
ter of Mrs. James Henry Smith, wid
ow of “Silent” Smith. Ever since
the announcement of her engagement
to the Prince of Braganza, the report
has been circulated that Mrs. Smith
would finance the Prince lo an at
tempt to ga*n the throne of Portu
gal. At various times the statement
has been made that this American girl
has never given up the hope that she
would some day be a Queen.
HARD TIME AHEAD FOR 16,000 MILES
Eugenic Organization Would
Have Couples Pass Rigid
Medical Examinations.
MILKING MACHINERY IS
ENTERED IN COMPETITION
Special Cable to The American.
LONDON, May 10.—Throughout
the dairy world in England attention
is being directed to the series of j
demonstrations of milking by ma
chinery which is taking place at j
Bishop Auckland, the metropolis of
South Durham.
The tests arranged by the Royal
Agricultural Society are taking place
on the Grange Hill Farm, where Bolo- j
kow and Vaughan, Limited, the fa
mous iron-making firm from Mid-1
dlesborough. have had their cows!
milked for some three or four years j
by machinery'.
Thirteen machines have been enter
ed, and each is being assigned four!
cows. A sample of the milk taken
from every cow is being submitted I
to bacteriological examination.
The Royal Agricultural Society is
offering a gold medal to the winner j
and about $125 in prizes.
DISHONEST DEBTOR IS
LECTURED BY JUDGE;;
Special Cable to The American.
LONDON, May 10.—A debtor at
Whitechapel County Court said he
assigned hie business to his wife two
years ago and he produced the deed.
Judge Cluer said to him. ‘If I had
my way I would have *a bill in big
type placed outside the shop starting.
“I am dishonest; 1 won’t pay, I am
also an idle dog and do nothing, and
intend to live on my wife.”
Tn- judge told the plaintiff that if
anyone saw the defendant spend as j
much as $2 in a public-house a com - i
jnLiui order > ouid be made at once.:
Special Cable to The American.
RERUN, May 10.—It is not easy
to get married In Germany now, the
number of papers demanded to show
that there is no reason . why you
should be barred from holy matri
mony. being very grekt. But if the
Monistic Society of Berlin has its
way, it will be harder still, and if a
young couple are not able to con
vince the medical authorities that
they are likely to become the parents
of healthy children, thev will have
to go abroad to get married or stay
single forever.
The Monistic Society proves by of
ficial statistics that not only is the
birth rate in Germany rapidly de
clining. out the proportions of weak-
minded. crippled, diseased or puny
babies born shows a steady increase.
The only marriages which arc legal
in this country are civic ones per
formed before a special official, and
the Monistic Society now asks the
Reichstag to pass a law requiring
those who intend to marry to pro
duce a certificate signed by an ap
proved physician, who shall report
fully on the bodily conditions of each I
of the parties, the certificate t~> state!
expressly w hether either of the par- J
ties is suffering from any ailment ’
which might tend to affect adversely
the health of tne other party or that
of the prospective children.
Both parties are to have the right
of seeing both certificates and of
withdrawn.g from the m .Triage if
either certificate should contain in
formation which might he considered
detrimental to the objects of the mar-
Eighteen Offers of Marriage
Made Titled Woman While
on Floor.
Special Cable to The American.
ST. PETERSBURG, May 10.—Wide
spread interest has been created in
society circlet* here by the publication
of the ' Memoirs” of Countess Lambs-
dorff.
The authoress, who in her youth
was an enthusiastic dancer, stated
that prior to her marriage she at
tended 225 balls, and after her wed
ding 557 more.
At the different dances she received
eighteen offers of marriage. This* was
before her marriage. Afterwards 272
men sent her love letters, and a hun
dred of her admirers threatened to
shoot themselves in ^ their despair
The number of dances which the
Countess takes to her credit is stu
pendous. Altogether. phe took part
in 2,934 square dances, 4,500 waltzes,
and 600 polkas, her partners number
ing 1,700.
Of the latter she described 1,200 as
stupid. 300 boresome, 120 offensive, 22
nice and 3 witty.
Countess Lambsdorff estimates the
total distance danced by her at not
less than 16.000 miles.
NEVER LEFT BIRTHPLACE.
LONDON. May 10.—Mr. Harry
Wright, a bacheloT w no has died at
Earn ham. Surrey, aged seventy-five,
lived the whole of his life without
going more than three miles from
his native place. H** never rode in
home.
COBBLER IN CATALEPTIC
SLEPT FOR TWO MONTHS
Special Cable to The American.
PARIS, May 10.—Leon Jean. a
young cobbler in Cherbourg, who is
only twenty-two years old. has been
in a cataleptic sleep since February
17.
The doctors are unable to explain
the reason of this attack. Until re
cently he was fed through a rubber
tube with milk and the yoke of eggs.
He has recovered now his sense of
hearing and can understand what is
iid to him. He can eat, but cannot
talk or open his eyes.
Civilized Nations Horrified at
Exposures Made Within Past
Few Years.
WAR THEIR SOLE DESIRE
Patriotism Have No Part in Lives
of Big Men Behind the
Factories.
Special Cable to The American.
By PHILLIP EVERETT.
LONDON, May 10 —The revelations
recently made in Germany concern
ing tlie existence of an international
trust of armor and gun factories
which used every possible means to
c/eate a demand for the engines of
destruction they manufacture, may
have created almost as much of a
sensation here as in Germany, for
it is realized with a certain feeling of
relief that everything in Germany is
not in such ship-shape order as we
have been used to believe.
The English people are afraid,
how'ever, that such things are not
cor fined to Germany, Russia and
France.
Nations are paying a dreadful
price for the cult of International
hatred and there Is in England not
only a political party always clamor
ing for greater naval and military
expenditures but also a press whose
specialty is creating war wares.
Paper* Not Above Suspicion.
While not even the worst enemy of
the Tory party in England would
dream of accusing it of being in
league with the great gun an armor
factories here and abroad, there are
right here in London papers that may
not be above suspicion of being sub
sidized by Krupp and the interna
tional armor trust.
It appears indeed as if at last one
great European international trust
might give points to its American
colleagues not only in the efficiency
of its methods but also in the evil
crop that springs up from its dragon
teeth, sown with skillful hands. The
world has fortunately seen nothing
like this trust before. Its trade is
death, its profits lie in the murder
of men in sapping whole nations of
their strength for decades, its inter
est in the cultivation of human
hatred
As one paper here puts it: “Per
haps the most horrible feature of
this new trust is the fact that while
working by means of national
hatreds, it is itself international. The
world is horror struck by the idea
of a German armament firm fed by
French money, or of another arma
ment firm deliberately inspiring the
French pres*** to attack the country
of its own birth. But one only has
to turn over the pages of any big
financial paper to discover that near
ly all the great armament firms of
England, as well as of Germany and
France, are acting with entire in
difference to patriotism of any kind.
They are all alike engaged in the
operation of arming all nations with
the absolute Indifference against one
another. As the nations wither and
perish, so do the dividends of these
armament firms rifle. During the
years of panics, a ghastly increment
of profit has swollen the prospectuses
of thees companies, and sent a ghoul
ish joy through their share-holders.
"As a mosquito’s* body swells in
size while it fills itself with your
blood, so the shares of these gun and
armor factories swell when there is
a prospect that human blood will be
shed.”
Proof in Austria.
For proofs of this we need not go
back very many months. In De
cember, 1912, when a war between
Austria and Russia seemed imminent,
it was announced that Shoda, the fa
mous Austrian factory of arms,
praised time and again for its patri
otism. intended to put up a branch
factory In Russia in order to supply
the Czar's soldiers with guns to
shoot Austrian soldiers down.
About the middle of February new
rumors*c of impending war caused
the same factory’s shares to go up
30 per cent in one single hour on the
Vienna stock exchange.
And now a few weeks ago when
the people of England had been
scared into believing that they were
imminent danger of an invasion of
German airships, a scare probably
engineered by agents of German
manufacturers of dirigibles, the Ger
man Government, one of the mo Ft
autocratic in the world, found these
same manufacturers laughing at it
when it tried to forbid them to sell
their dirigibles to England. With
them trade does not follow the ttag.
their flag on the contrary runs after
trade.
The armor and gun trust threatens
to become more powerful than all
the European Governments together
and the power will be broken only
when these Governments decide upon
disarmaments all over and the sub
mission of all international questions'
to a Supreme Court of Arbitration at
The Hague. The only difficulty in
doing this will be to find a power
willing to do the beginning.
JACK MEGEE PROMISES
TO FLY OVER ATLANTIC
Special Cable to The American.
LONDON, May 10.—5 a. m —The
Daily Mail has received this cable
despatch from Jack McGte of Paw
tucket. R. I.:
"Will cross Atlantic in Burgess-
Wright aeroplane about July 4. start
ing from Newport, R. 1."
Rules for the competition are now
being considered, the Daily Mail an
nounces, by a committee of the Royal
Aero Club. Until they are complet
ed entries cannot be officially recog
nized.
BEAUTIFUL GEISHA TO MARRY.
TOKIO. May 10.—Manrio, Japan’s
most beautiful and cleverest geisha
has become engaged to a student at
the Tokio Imperial University, who
has paid f***,000 to free her from the
claims of the tea-house owner by
w hom she was employed.
M
R.S. WILLIAM B.
LEEDS,
IVl
possessor of a
valuable
rope
of pearls, who
h as re-
turn
ed to London for
the sea-
son.
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PLANS ft SECRET
Feminine Germany Does Not
Know What Victoria Louise
Will Wear at Ceremony.
FEW DETAILS MADE PUBLIC
Love Match Between Young Peo
ple Opposed by Both Families
at First.
Submerged Town
Found in Agean
| Greek Lieutenant Makes Discovery
While Charting Coast of
Island of Lemnos.
; Special Cable to The American.
ATHENS, May 10.—The Ministry of
Marine states that Lieutenant Bako-
pulos, while carrying out observations,
entailed by the naval duties assigned
to him, discovered the existence of a
submerged towm to the east of the
Island of Lemnos, on the reefs marked
on the British Admiralty charts under
the name of Pharos Bank.
The lieutenant observed on the sea
bottom, at a depth of from 15 feet to
75 feet, some ancient ruins, which
were perfectly visible and prove the
existence of a town of about three
miles in circumference.
Orders have been issued by the
Ministry to carry out scientific re
searches on the spot.
Pausanias, the Greek traveler and
geographer, who lived in the second
century A. D., records that a small
inland called Chryse, off the coast of
Lemnos, was swallowed up by the
sea. There are extinct volcanoes on
Lemnos.
Mrs. W,B. Leeds Has
Returned to London
Mrs. Paget Will Soon Arrive at
Berkeley Square—Mrs. Drake
Is Belie of a Ball.
Special Cable to The American.
LONDON, May 10.—Mrs. William B.
Leeds, who traveled on the same steam
ship as the Hon. John Ward, has re
turned to London and will spend most
of the season at the Ritz Hotel. Mrs.
Leeds is a leading spirit in the doings
of English society, as well as in the so
cial activities of the American colony.
She, of course, still retains her noted
collection of pearls.
Mrs. Almerle Paget (nee Whitney)
has been greatly benefited in health by
her long stay on the Riviera and will
return in a fortnight to. her home in
Berkeley Square, where she will enter
tain friends.
Mrs. Anthony J. Dregel, Lady Alastair
Ines-Ker and Mrs. Ritchie have been
most regular attendants at Covent Gar
den since the opera season opened.
Street Car Run
For Men's Profit
Russians Manage Line, Bind In
spector and Escape When
Discovered.
Special Cable to The American.
ST. PETERSBURG, May 10.—A
tramway car run on novel lines has
lately been unearthed in this city. An
inspector of the municipal tramway
service noticed a very old-fashioned
looking car plying for traffic in a lit
tle frequented quarter of the city. He
at once boarded the car and proceeded
to examine the tickets of the passen
gers. Observing that they bore num
bers which could not possibly be cur
rent on the company’s cars, he de
manded an explanation of the con
ductor. The latter thereupon stopped
the car and told the passengers to get
out, as it had broken down. As soon
as they had left he and the driver at
once bound and gagged the inspector
and laid him on the floor inside the
car. Then they drove to a lonely spot
and decamped, leaving the inspector
to cool his heels till further notice. In
due time the official was discovered
and released, and it was then found
that the pair were running the car on
their own account, at a good profit,
and that they were not and never had
been in the employ of the municipal
tramways*.
Woman Beats Flirt
With His Own Cane
Mr*. John Matthews, of Garrison,
Routs Annoyer- in Short Order
With Severe Drubbing.
NEW YORK. May 10.—Attacked by
a flirt in Croton yesterday Mrs. John
Matthews put him to rout by whack
ing him over the head with his own
cane.
Mrs. Matthews, who lives in Garri
son. was visiting in Peekskill. While
on her way with her young niece.
Elsie Milliot. to view the waterfall at
Croton Dam a man with a gray suit
offered himself as an escort.
She reproved him. put he followed
her. occasionally prodding her with
his cane. She turned, and seizing it.
struck hi n over the head. He fled,
leaving his cane and crushed hat be
hind.
Special Cable to The American.
BERLIN, May 10.—Feminine Ger
many is in tears of disappointment
and chagrin. A Princess of the House
of Hohenzollern if going to marry the
man she loves, and no one knows
what she will weal*.
When, some time ago, U was an
nounced that Print ess Victoria Lou
ise, the only daughter of the Kaiser,
would wed the Prince Ernst August
of Cumoerland, all Germany was agog
over the news. It w r as a “match be
tween children of the houses of ene
mies.
But that surprise lasted two years.
The wonder switched and became ex
clusively feminine.
“What will she wear?” was the
speculation.
And then came the mandate of the
Kaiserin. No one shall know. Strict
secrecy will be preserved in regard
to the arrangement for the wedding.
By command of the royal parents,
the bride’s trousseau has been divided
for manufacture among a nurhber of
well-known firms, each of which
pladged itself to maintain secrecy in
the slightest details.
As a sop to the insatiable curiosity
of Germany, a few details have
leaked out. The lingerie to be worn
by the royal bride will be chiefly
of fine batiste, hand-embroidered anl
characterized by the quiet elegance
that is the mark of the Kaiserin’s
taste. The fine needlework involved
in the task was entrusted by her to
a 'number of impoverished jioble-
w r omen. who will emebllish particu
larly. the bridal veil. This is of
point applique, and is being made
by the lacemakers at one of the Gov
ernment schools of ai ts and crafts in
941esia.
Dress on Exhibition.
The wedding dress, veil and court
train may be put on exhibition after
the wedding in the Kung?tegew r erbe
Museum, in Berlin.
The wedding will take place May
24. It is really a royal love match.
Day by day more details are learned
of how the two lovers fought parent
al objection, with a faithfulness as
invincible as that of Paul and Vir
ginia, and of how they obtained the
sanction of the Kaiser to the match.
The whole trouble hinged on the
fact that the Kaiser and his daugh
ter are Hohenzollerns, and that Cum
berland is a Guelph. The two fam
ilies hove hated each other for years,
with the hatred of feudal foes. But
the blind little god blind indeed.
Tne proud Kaiser Wilhelm stormed
and swore when he heard of the
plight of his daughter’s heart. The
old Duke of Cumberland was fu
rious, when he learned that his son
had done the plebeian and pusillani
mous deed of falling in love.
Ernst August was not even the
eldest son. And Victoria Louise was
the only daughter of the most pow
erful family in European royalty.
The affair was impossible.
But the Princess Victoria Louise
was very much in love, and the fath
er’s heart that is the Kaiser’s was
touched. Then, when the eldest son
of the Duke ofc.Cumberland was killed
in an automobile accident, the way
became smoother. The Emperor de
cided to sanction the union. Because
he is the Emperor. the marriage
would have been celebrated even If
the old Duke of Cumberland still
refused to lend a friendly ear. But
the old Duke o>f Cumberland saw fit
to acquiesce, and the stony places
in the path of royal love disappeared.
The wedding date was set.
Little Ranctr Still.
Still there is a litle rancor smolder
ing in the heart of the Kaiser. It is
not evident in his attitude toward
his daughter nor toward her be
trothed. But his own son, who
brought the two together in persona
non grata in the royal household
With the story of the romance of
Hohenzollern and Cumberland, the
details of the disgrace of the Crown
Prince of Germany leaked out.
Two years* ago. the story has it.
the Crown Prince was staying in
Colertna, t a great winter resort ir*
Switzerland. It had been arranged
that his sister, the Princess Victoria
Louise, was to stay with him there,
and as usual, the Emperor first in
quired of his son if there was any one
at Colerina whom the young Prin
cess ought not to meet. The Prince
replied that all was well. He did
nof mention the presence of the
handsome and popular "Count of Cal-
lenberg,” with whom the young
Princess proceeded to fall desperate
ly in love, ignorant of the fact that
the Count was Prince Ernst of Cum
berland.
In Berlin afterward the truth was
told. The Emperor was furious at
the Crown Prince for being J the cause
of the introduction. The Prince was
banished to Dantzig.
But Victoria Louise remained very
much in love, and affairs were not
mended, until the sanction of the Em-1
peror was given.
The marriage is to take place May |
24. and after the honeymoon, which
may be passed in Austria, the young
couple will take up their abbde in
the somewhat squalid Prussian pro
vincial town of Rathenau.
GROUND CHS IN,
LIKE IS FORMED
Strange Phenomenon Occurred in
Westphalia—Further Sub
sidence Is Feared.
Special Cable to The American.
BERLIN. May 10.—A thickly wood
ed tract of land about 15 acres in
extent has sunk in Westphalia, Ger
many. and the hollow thus caused
has been filled by water, forming a
huge lake, above the surface of
which the tree tops are barely visi
ble.
Shortly before the subsidence there
were subterranean noises suggestive
of an earthquake. From the upstand
ing sides of perpendicular fissures
cascades of water poured down into
the strangely formed lake, and
springs in the surrounding hills form
ed a deep river which is overflowing
the adjacent lands. The water in
the new' basin, however, appears to
have some subterranean outlet, as
the surface level remains constant.
Geologists have warned the inhab
itants that danger of further -subsi
dence exists.
A quaint legend attaches to this
vanished ground. According to the
old tale, a convent stood on this
wooded heath some centuries ago,
and one night this building was sud
denly swallowed up in subsidence
which was followed by the formation
of a lake, to which was given the
name of "The Holy Lake.” Grad
ually the water dried up and finally
disappeared, but even when the lake
no longer .-existed the ground still
bore the name of “The Holy Lake.”
Now this lake has reappeared.
KAISER GREATLY
El
German Emperor Suffered Deeply
When Socialist Exposure
Was Made.
GOOD MAY RESULT YET
Government May Take Manufac
ture of Armament Into Own
Hands Now.
E
IS SBLEjMB
Sir A. Conan Doyle Proves to Be
Good Cross-Examiner Dur
ing Law Case,
By FREDERICK WERNER.
Special Cable to The American.
BERLIN, May 10.—It is Impossible
not to sympathize with the Kaiser
during the present Krupp scandals,
which everyone knows are far worse
than even the socialistic papers have
found it wise to make public.
With all his shortcomings there
is In all Germany no more sympa
thetic or straightforward man than
tlie Kaiser, whose chief fault is his
impulsiveness. No man is more sen
sitive as to German honor, no man
has done more to keep Germany’s es-
chutcheon spotless and the revela
tions made by Dr. Liebknecht, son
of the famous Socialist leader in the
Reichstag, have spoiled the joy with
which the Kaiser looked forward first
to the wedding of his daughter,
which marks the ending of the long
feud between the Guelphs and the
Hohenzollerns, and also to his forth
coming jubilee In June. #
It w'ould be hard to imagine a hard
er blow to the Kaiser than the indis
putable fact that the House of Krupp.
whose founder he personally be
friend, and whose members he has
honored at all occasions, have thrown
disgrace on the fair name which
Germans have always had in all their
business dealings, to a man like the
Kaiser who is first of all a sincere
and enthusiastic patriot, crimes such
as these of which the Krupps stand
convicted in the eyes of the world,
in spite of the War Minister’s first
faint attempt to cover them up. are
beyond the Kaiser’s understanding,
and in his inmost heart he knows
that Dr. Liebnecht spoke the truth
when he said that this w as Germany’s
Panama scandal, which surpasses
that of France, . because of the in
credible callousness and perfidy of
the prominent German capitalists,
who planned to provoke a world war
that their own business might flour
ish.
To a great many people in Ger
many it begins to dawn that good
may still come from the Krupp scan
dal*. They will give the word ^pa
triotism” a new scene, since the peo
ple who have hitherto posed as the
greatest patriots now stand revealed
as swindlers and money grabbers
without the trace of feeling of con
science.
T
Special Cable to The American.
LONDON, May 10.—The creator of
“Sherlock Holmes” proved himself a
very able cross-examiner in the Mark
Cross Police Court recently, where he
was summoned for not keeping a
dangerous dog under control.
Like Sam Weller, he set up the
defense of an alibi and was so suc
cessful that the bench stopped the
case with the observation that it was
a clear case of mistaken identity.
The complainant a farmer, declar
ed that the defendant’s dog killed
one of his sheep, and when he went
to him, Sir A. Conan said he was
quite willing to pay compensation if
it was his dog that attacked the
sheep and gave witness 52.50.
Sir A. Conan Doyle: In this con
versation at my house, I said it was
not my dog?—Yes.
So in giving you the $2.50 I in no
way made any admission that it was
my dog ?—Oh no!
I said if any neighbor of mine is in
difficulties, J always like to help him.
and you have lost a sheep, so I like
to help you to this extent?—Yes.
It was not likely I should have
asked you to shoot at the dog if I
thought it was mine?—No.
Evidence was then called proving
that the offending dog was not Sir
A. Conan Doyle’s.
Diplomas as Teachers of Love
Will Be Awarded to Suc
cessful Graduates.
Special Cable to The American.
MUNICH, May 10.—A high school
for matrimonial sciences, or, to give
it Its sonorous Teutonic title, “Hoch-
schule der Heiratswissenschaften”
has been founded h 're by Professor
Dr. Walter Hassall.
Dr. Hassall hopes that within a
month’s time the academy will num
ber 500 students of both sexes.
These, on completing their course,
will be awarded diplomas as teachers
of love, and will be expected travel
the length and breadth of Germany
in order to make an active propa
ganda in favor of marriage.
The curriculum at the high school
will include lectures by specialists on
the dangers of flirtation, and the
beauties of ‘‘ail-sacrificing love.” Ex
perts in zoology and biology will il
lustrate their instruction by means
of cinematographic displays, and will
explain the interesting law’s of affini-
ity and soul attraction and repulsion.
Special courses w'ill be held, at
which the ideals of love tv;’: be in
stilled into the souls of rebellious
subjects; while the prob!: m of pre
venting the flight of love after the
disillusionment of matrimony will re
ceive great attention.
POSTAL PACKAGE EXPLODES.
PARIS. May 10.—A serious explo
sion occurred recently in the house
of M. Lucien Sully, a singing mas
ter.
A parcel which had been delivered
at the house by the post was being
opened by M. Sully, when it explod
ed. seriously wounding M. Sully and !
his wife and child. 1
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